Tuesday, March 06, 2007

...and last night the VCU Rams made us look good by clinching the CAA's automatic bid with a gritty, gutty 65-59 victory over last year's darling George Mason, in a game Mason looked almost assured of winning at the two minute mark. But that's when VCU's sophomore point guard Eric Maynor absolutely took over, twice picking the pockets of Patriots ballhandlers on the way to 5 straight points, followed by a fantastic off-balance leaner in the paint, and two free throws on a dumb intentional foul to seal it for VCU. Congrats to Coach Anthony Grant and his team. I feel bad for the 5 or 6 seed who face these guys in Round 1.

18 comments:

1 - Siena blew that game last night, with their inexperience showing a bit in the final minutes (vs. the experience of a Niagara team only two years removed from the Dance). That being said, with those 4 freshman back and Hasbrouck a junior next year they will be the team to beat in the MAAC. And the Mihalich family might be the ugliest family tree I've seen in a long time.

2 - How good was that trade by the Jets? Who's running the Bears, Mr. Teeny? The Jets get an extremely productive back and the Bears second round pick for their second round pick. That's a fleecing by Mike "OH" Tannenbaum.

He was too busy watching Oklahoma State/Nebraska, on the off chance Okie St actually won a road game. He was gonna demand a 3 seed for them. Of course, they lost that game and will be exiting the Big 12 tourney with a whimper, and then giving up before the ball is even tipped in their NIT opener.

By the way, "Rob" is off Gheorghe duty today, as he is recruiting at his alma mater, i.e., taking in a plate of potato wedges at the Delly, i.e., ogling some potato-shaped co-eds who wedged their belly into their Guess XL's.